12:58 AM,
Jan. 9, 2013

Both Northwestern State and Louisiana Tech are 3-0 in conference play and currently own four-game win streaks.

Written by

Jason Pugh
jpugh@shreveporttimes.com

Northwestern State men's basketball coach Mike McConathy is a believer that good college basketball in different parts of Louisiana breeds good college basketball throughout the state.

That much has been apparent for McConathy's Demons and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.

The teams, who squared off in an evenly matched rivalry gamein early December, both are off to 3-0 starts in conference play and find themselves in rarifed air in terms of RPI - a key component in determining at-large berths in the NCAA tournament. ...